Chapter 22: The Final Battle!
On the first platform stood Sora and a masked figure. When said figure removed his helmet Sora gasped in realization… in front of him stood Vanitas! "You." Sora yelled summoning his Ultima weapon he had obtained from his second journey.
"Yes." Vanitas replied coldly. "Me." He too summoned his weapon.
Sora vs. Vanitas.
Sora rushed at his look-alike at a near impossible speed . However, Vanitas had anticipated this and dove into the ground. Sora rolled out of the way of the red and black shadow as it approached him, meaning he avoided Vanitas whenever he resurfaced.
When Vanitas didn't dive back into the ground Sora released his solo Trinity, also from his second journey, and attacked Vanitas relentlessly until his attack died. Vanitas was left with next to no health so he disappeared and started releasing attacks on Sora randomly, since Sora didn't know when the attacks were coming he couldn't block, only heal.
Behind Sora a boulder hit the ground with a loud *thud*.
However, despite Vanitas's attempts at killing Sora he was left defenseless after his attack so he didn't notice Sora approaching him, or feel it when his life was extracted.
End Fight.
Sora collected Vanitas's heart and sent it to Kingdom Hearts.
Sora felt the pull of a Form calling so he let go and drifted upwards.
~Earlier~
On the next platform up Riku stood face-to-face with Young Master Xehanort. "Hello again, Riku." When YMX finished speaking he chuckled darkly. "You know my powers, so why must we fight?" YMX asked rhetorically summoning his Keyblade in an action similar to his summoning in Riku's last adventure.
RIku vs. YMX. (KH 3D style)
Riku raised his Keyblade into the air and unleashed a maelstrom of Dark and Light Firaga's at YMX who took some of the attacks before teleported and sending Slow projectilesat Riku who blended into the shadows and moved oput of the way. However, he was unlucky enough to get hit by one of the projectiles, completely slowing his movement.
Using his advantage over Riku, YMX shot countless beams at the boy. When the net-like beams reached Riku, he simply blocked, since he couldn't Dark Roll. However the Dark Barrier seemed effective enough.
Behind Riku a random boulder fell towards the ground.
Riku's next attack was to cloud his Oblivion Keyblade in darkness before performing a spinning attack on YMX, before clouding his Keyblade in Light and performing the same move on YMX.
YMX, now sufficiently drained of health shouted. "TIME STOP!" All movement ceased as YMX teleported himself into the middle of the arena and surrounding himself in a clock-like shape.
When movement continued Riku ran up to the clock and dove into the ground. Having performed a reality shift Riku now had to collect Keyblade pieces as the went past at incredible speeds.
First Riku grabbed the Keychain, then the guard, next came the handle, then the shaft and finally the teeth. Riku combined the Keyblade pieces together to create a large, Ultima weapon shaped Keyblade and attacked the Clock shape until reality seemed to break, leaving YMX vulnerable.
Riku then rushed at YMX and slashed through him, killing him.
End fight. (242 words, longest fight I've written)
YMX's heart floated up towards Kingdom Hearts. Riku felt the pull of a Form pulling him, and allowed himself to be dragged towards it.
~Earlier~
Kairi, now a fully trained Keyblade wielder stood facing a Xehanort slightly older then YMX, "Hello Kairi. As you no doubt know, my name is Xehanort, right now I'm a student, much like yourself. I wonder how two beings of equal and opposite power fair against each other?" Student Xehanort asked rhetorically before summoning a Keyblade. It looked much like Terra's original Earth shaker, however it was grey instead of brown and it's guard was Black.
"Well, let's find out." Kairi retorted summoning Destiny's Embrace.
Kairi vs. Student Xehanort (SX)
Kairi summoned a ball of light, like Master Yen Sid had taught her and sent it flying towards SX who attempted to block, however the ball split into 7 and engulfed SX. Since SX wasn't yet a Seeker of Darkness, but was still a being of darkness the trap was effective, but not as much as Kairi had hoped.
Speaking of Kairi, she had to dodge as a piece of falling rock nearly hit her. Since SX was now on his knees due to his onslaught Kairi locked on to him continuously before summoning light around her and unleashing a spinning attack which built up to a crescendo before racing towards SX and finishing him off.
Kairi knew that it was sheer luck she had won, but she had won, and that is all that matters.
End Fight.
SX's heart raced towards Kingdom Hearts, however it left a few moments afterwards towards the top area. Kairi let herself be drawn into a Form pull.
~Earlier~
Micey Mouse, King of Disney Castle stood in front of a Xehanort who had clearly done something he thought extraordinary. "Well, hello your Majesty." This Xehanort sneered. "I have just left Destiny Islands." Pre-Destiney-Island Xehanort introduced.
Mickey vs. Pre-Destiny-Island-Xehanort (PDIX)
PDIX shot a Mega Flare out of his Keyblade at Mickey who jumped… high, very high, so high that his dodged the attack and left PDIX in a daze His Majesty shot downwards and attacked PDIX who teleported out of the way before shooting lasers at the King who continuously rolled out of the way.
"TAKE THIS!" PDIX yelled pulling a large rock out of the wall next to him and sent it a Mickey who managed to shoot a Magnega at PDIX attracting the boulder at the man. The boulder hit dead on before falling towards the ground.
PDIX wasn't out yet, he sent a Doom at Mickey.
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Just in the nick of time Mickey broke the Doom attack and sent a Pearl at PDIX finishing him off.
End Fight.
PDIX's heart floated up towards Kingdom Hearts before heading towards the top battle platform.
~Earlier~
Lea, now fully trained didn't give a rats arse who the guy in front of him was, he just cared that this guy was toast… Literally.
The fight was so short that it doesn't really count. All that happened was that the Xehanort in front of Lea, this particular Xehanort was just about to take his Mark of Mastery Exam, tried to kill Lea with a Firaga. "Really?" Lea had asked before laughing hysterically. "That won't do you any good." But it had done Lea a world of good as it skyrocketed his power levels, allowing him to burn Mark of Mastery Xehanort (MOMX) to a crisp.
MOMX's Heart had floated towards Kingdom Hearts before going to the top battle arena and Lea had let himself get pulled into a Form.
~Earlier~
Phillipa, having travelled with Sora, Mark and the others had learnt a thing or two, so when she faced this Xehanort she was ready. "Hello, dear girl, my name is Xehanort, I may be good, but I am still Dark." Good Xehanort (GX) growled.
Phillipa, unperturbed by the threatening nature of GX smiled softly and said in a calm tone. "You are going down." The way she spoke sent shivers down GX's spine.
Phillipa vs. GX.
Phillipa summoned her Twisted Devil in a reverse grip (backhand) and sent her Keyblade spinning at GX, when the Keyblade made contact it spun around GX slightly before attacking him again, this kept going for another five times before she ran at GX, avoided a swing GX let loose by spinning out of the way and fired off a Fission Firaga right at the man's head, decapitating him. Phillipa thought to herself'Man I'm good'.
End fight.
GX's hearts floated towards Kingdom Hearts before heading to the top arena, and Phillipa allowed herself to be drawn into a Form.
~Earlier~
Terra found himself face-to-face with a hooded figure. He pointed his Ends of the Earth Keyblade at the figure and demanded. "SHOW YOURSELF!"
The figure slowly lowered their hood revealing long blonde hair with a few strands in the shape of antennae, the woman's eyes were yellow and her ears, pointed. The figure was on Sora had told Terra about, it was… "Larxene. Who else?" Terra sighed to himself.
"Nope, name's Renélan. Remember it, for it will be the last thing you do learn." Renélan corrected before cackling and summoning her knives.
Terra vs. Renélan-Xehanort (RX) (KH Re:CoM style)
Terra quickly stocked three 9 cards allowing him to shoot an Ultima Cannon blast at RX, who had no 0 cards to deflect it, meaning it hit full on . However, unfortunately for Terra RX stocked the necessary cards to unleash Teleport rush, which was put down with a 0 card after a few hits.
Terra used his Maleficent enemy card to temporarily boost his strength. This allowed his to finish off RX in a few moves.
End fight.
RX's hearts joined the rest of the hearts on the top plinth. And Terra watched in fascination as the final battle took place.
Unfortunately I do not have enough time to write the rest of the fight except the last one, you lot can fill in the blanks, here's the rest of the fights:
8: Ventus vs. Marluxia-Xehanort (MaX). (KH Re:COM style)
9: Aqua vs. PEX.
10: Xion vs. TX
11: Roxas vs. Luxord-Xehanort (LX).
12: Lightning vs. Demyx-Xehanort (DX). (FF Dissidia style)
None of these good guys went into form. But the Xehanorts did go to the top arena
Slight Skip.
Mark, the main character of this story stood face-to-face with his greatest enemy… Master Xehanort. "So." Master Xehanort muttered summoning his weapon. "You are the one I must fight, very well."
"Ok." Mark grinned enthusiastically.
Mark vs. Master Xehanort (MX)
Mark drew himself to his full height and yelled. "GIVE ME STRENGTH!" Suddenly 6 hearts of lights and 12 of Darkness entered his. Mark used Isa's heart Lea had given him earlier to complete the X-Blade which appeared in Mark's right hand.
"No. Impossible." MX whispered.
Mark spun the X-Blade in the air thrice until he held it back hand.
Mark rushed at Xehanort who raised his Keyblade in an attempt to block the incoming attack; however the X-blade sliced straight through his defence and himself finishing off MX once and for all. Mark released the Dark Hearts to Kingdom Hearts and sent his friends' hearts back. However theX-Blade remained in his hand.
~Later~
The entire gang of Keyblade wielders stood in Master Yen Sid's tower, the X-Blade lay on the desk top in front of Master Yen Sid. "Congratulations Wielders of the Keyblade, for you have once again saved the worlds and restored balance. The only thing left to do is to restore the World as it once was. Now with the X-Blade we can finally achieve this. Mark, since you are its chosen wielder you must complete this task." Master Yen Sid explained.
Mark picked up his new weapon and took it outside where Kingdom Hearts floated. Mark pointed the X-Blade at Kingdom Hearts and shot a beam of light and another of Darkness at the Heart shaped moon.
Kingdom Hearts glowed in a pure gold light and attracted all of the Worlds together until they joined one-another around the great moon. When all the worlds combined they completely covered Kingdom Hearts causing it to literally become the Heart of all Worlds.
Mark went back to Master Yen Sid's tower and reported. "It is done."
However Mark was proven wrong as a woman, garbed in an old hooded robe stood before the assembled Keyblade Wielders. When she spoke, it was soft and Mystical. "Hello Keyblade wielders, my name is Theresa, I am the guardian of Kingdom Hearts. You have provided a great service over the years, it is time to collect your rewards, however, only one can." The Keybladers discussed the problem and voted on Mark. "Very well. Come forward Mark. Speak, what is your wish?"
"I wish for all who died in our adventures to be restored." Mark spoke, the death of Snow White still caused him great guilt.
"Very well." Around the World many people who had died in the journeys of Sora and his friends were restored. "Well done, not many would have desired what you had. However, another quest awaits, in the communist state of Panem a ruthless dictator rules, you must go there and help one Katniss Everdeen in her quest to overthrow her government."
"Of course." Mark replied. Before his eyes Theresa disappeared. "Well, it seems I may be gone for a while. See ya." Mark announced before approaching his girlfriend and giving her a kiss that left her dazed. "Stay safe. " Mark then walked outside before boarding his own Glider and shooting off to Panem.
~Back and Yen Sid's Tower~
Sora was slightly confused. "What do we do now?"
"I say we watch Mark from the sidelines." Terra said. Everybody nodded before they too headed towards Panem.
End Story.
2,179 words yay!
That's it, that's all for Kingdom Heart III: Keyblade Master.
For now I will write some Harry Potter and then my sequel. Kingdom Hearts IV: The Hunger Games.
I loving memory of Phillipa Howard: 24th July 1997-31st April 2014.
She was the light through my dark days.